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HRH Info: Why is Teamwork in Healthcare Important?

Teamwork in health is defined as two or more people who interact interdependently with a common purpose, working toward measurable goals that benefit from leadership that maintains stability while encouraging honest discussion and problem solving. Researchers have found that integrating services among many health providers is a key component to better treat undeserved populations and communities with limited access to health care.

There is a great deal of excitement around the use of mobile technology to overcome infrastructural limitation across all fields — business, health, education, agriculture and governance. There is however a contrasting view that mobile services and mobile technology solutions are not yet validated sufficiently to merit their use in strengthening or replacing existing public health delivery programs, and have no standard operating systems. [adapted from abstract]

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